AN: so hey, I'm afraid this will be the last episode for this story. In a close future I don't see myself continuing this, but who know what the future has in story for it. Thank you a lot for the love I received throughout this journey; I cannot express how much I loved it except for writing this for you. I hope you enjoy this chapter and until next story ;)

"Regina, isn't it?"

Emma raised her gaze and Regina turned to see the person that had called her name. They were on the hallway, waiting or the next period to begin. Emma had Spanish, but since the French teacher had some business to attend, Regina had a free period. Both of them frowned when they saw the source of the voice.

"Yes," Regina answered dryly.

Maleficent's teeth showed up in what Regina guessed was the smile predators gave their preys before eating them. Her eyes flickered briefly towards Emma, whose scowl had grown. "I gotta go to class. See you later," she murmured to Regina before kissing her cheek and leaving after shooting a glare to Maleficent.

Pointing to the path ahead of them, the older girl placed her hand in Regina's back softly, "Care to join me for a walk?"

They left the building and walked through the field in a silence that Regina almost feared what could come next. "It's a beautiful day, isn't it? It's lovely that it finally stopped snowing. The ice was no good for my shoes."

Regina looked down as Maleficent pointed at her brilliant heels and wondered if wearing those was even allowed for a student. Then again, it was Maleficent who they were talking. She nodded but kept quiet, aware of her words in front of the other girl.

"Zelena has only talked wonders of you. It made me really curious about your person. It seems my suspicions were right."

"Suspicions?" Regina wondered as they sat on a bench. Ahead of them was the football field, empty except for a few people playing around throwing a ball up in the sky.

Maleficent's lips pressed in a thin smile, "You have the pose of a queen. You could do a lot better than you're doing now."

The words reverberated in her head. She had heard them so many times coming from her mother's mouth she had learnt to hate them. It felt like she was being controlled by her and now, by Maleficent. Funny how the other girl only decided to set her attention on Regina just now she was with Emma, she thought

"I feel good where I am."

Maleficent turned to look at her and her hand graced Regina's cheek as she tucked a strand of dark hair behind her ear. Regina's back immediately stiffened, uncomfortable with the intimacy of the motion. The older girl smiled but her eyes showed a sharp intention.

"I could make you queen, Regina. You could have power over anyone you would like, I could show you how. You have it in you, you just need someone to instruct you on the how to do it. You could be in complete control," she whispered confidently into her face.

Regina stared at her. She had always wanted control in her life, to be who she wanted to be. However, she knew where she stood and that maybe her life wasn't in control, but at least she wasn't selling herself to Maleficent.

She realised the other girl's hand lingering on the strand of hair she had tucked and as much as she wanted to slap it away, she remained stoic, looking into her eyes. "Thank you, but no thank you." She finally stood to look down at Maleficent, the height giving her a second of leverage. "I know why you do this. Emma hasn't done anything to you so just drop it."

Maleficent stood too, now standing higher than Regina and hovering over her. Regina could see in the way she clenched her jaw she hadn't liked what she had said, but that only made it more worth it. "But you have done something to Killian."

Regina raised her eyebrows, "Seriously? And he can't speak up by himself so he has to use you? I did what he deserved. Now if you don't leave us alone, I'll talk to Principal Lucas about the activities that go on in your bedroom, including drugs, so back off."

She held Maleficent's stare, well aware it was her time to prove what she was made of. Eventually, Maleficent sneered. "What a waste," she almost tsked.

Regina watched her leave until she saw her disappearing behind a corner and released a breath she didn't know she had been holding. Her blood was boiling with anger, thinking about what Maleficent had done to Emma, probably to any other girl who crossed her way, thinking about everyone believing she was a waste and could do better than now. She clenched her fists and closed her eyes, forcing a calmer breath to calm down before heading towards her own room.

The door swung open in a way only Emma could do. "I'll see you, Emma!" Regina heard Ruby, "Zelena." She looked up, curious as to why Zelena was there and caught a glimpse of her sister winking at Ruby, making her giggle with a blush. She hadn't had time to wonder what that had meant when her sister and her girlfriend entered the room.

"Hey, sis. Pack up, I'm taking you out."

"What?" Regina looked up as Zelena waved at her, motioning her to get up. "I…I have homework." She looked over at Emma, who only smiled at herself.

"It's Friday. Live a little, c'mon." She grabbed her by the shoulders and walked with her to the door. "I just want to spend time with you." She was still trying to protest when Zelena pushed her out of the door and closed it behind them.

"I didn't grab my keys," Regina deadpanned. Zelena laughed and put her arm around her shoulders, very much in the way she hated.

"Don't worry, sis. Now let's go. I've got to tell you something."

She was pretty much kidnapped by her sister into two full hour of talking in the docks. It's not like she hadn't been surprised by what she had told her but two hours? Regina was exhausted by the time she reached her door. All she had in mind was a long shower and falling into bed, as lame as it sounded on a Friday night. She raised her hand to knock and stopped when she saw a paper hanging beneath the number of her room, praying 'close your eyes before you knock and keep them closed.' Regina looked to both sides of the empty hallway and raised an eyebrow; it couldn't hurt, could it? She closed her eyes and knocked softly.

She heard the door opening in front of her and slender hands covering hers to lead her inside. "It's me," Emma whispered in her ear; Regina could feel a smile in her voice and it made her smile too.

The door closed behind her and she held her breath. Emma placed behind her and leaned in to murmur softly into dark hair. "You can open now." When Regina opened her eyes, she definitely didn't imagine she would find what she found.

She recognised her own Darth Vader lights, the ones she kept in her room, now hanging over Emma's bed. There were a lot of pillows Regina didn't know where she had gotten them from and a giant bowl of popcorn in the middle of the bed. In front of it, there was a small table with a projector on it pointing towards Regina's bed, and on the wall next to it, the words of Star Wars were projected.

"What is this?" she asked, her voice barely above a whisper and more like a breath.

Emma stepped next to her and shrugged. "You're always saying Star Wars are good movies. Time for you to show me."

Regina turned to her and raised an eyebrow, "Is this a date?"

A soft blush covered Emma's cheeks, barely visible in the dim light, "Well, yeah. I think so."

Regina leaned in to kiss Emma, realising she missed her lips on hers. Her hands cupped her roommate's face and felt Emma relax beneath her touch. "Let's go, then," she breathed against her lips.

As the credits rolled in, Regina looked at Emma, "Well? What do you think?"

"I think the part I loved the most was when you said all the lines of the movie." Emma smiled at the embarrassment she read in Regina's face.

"I've seen it too many times. It's only natural I know the lines," she tried to shrug it off, pausing the projector. It was late and the room was only lit by her Darth Vader lights, making shadows dance in Emma's face as she looked at her.

"I think it's cute."

Regina rolled her eyes, more out of habit than really meaning it, and grinned, "You think everything is cute."

Emma tackled Regina, hugging her waist and laying them down on her bed, the bowl of popcorn long forgotten on the floor. "Nah, just you." She pressed a kiss on her cheek and Regina sighed happily.

Her eyes took in the lights, hanging above them, and raised an eyebrow. "How did you even get those?" Emma looked up, following her gaze, but before she could answer Regina raised a hand. "Wait, don't tell me. Zelena."

Emma nodded, "She brought them with her when you came back after the break."

Regina narrowed her eyes at her, "You too are getting too along for my taste"

"Blame Ruby," she chuckled softly. Emma looked at her, "Did she tell you?"

"You knew?" Regina asked slightly surprised.

Emma shrugged, "It's hard not to when Ruby is bouncing on her feet talking about how much fun she had with Zelena. Are you okay with it?"

Regina raised an eyebrow, "With the part of them sleeping together but not really dating, or the part that they are trying to get Belle, our teacher, to join them?" She eyed Emma at her side and shrugged, "I think it's kind of crazy, but as long as she doesn't get hurt. Zelena has always been a free spirit."

"I can see that. And what kind of spirit have you been?"

Regina stared at the ceiling for a while in thought, but wasn't able to come up with anything, so she just shrugged. Emma laughed and shook her head, but remained quiet too. Regina could tell there was something she wanted to ask her, so she waited.

Eventually, Emma cleared her throat casually, "And what did Mal want?"

Right. She had totally forgotten about it. "I don't really know. I think she was trying to lure me into the dark side."

"Like Darth Vader?"

Regina smiled at the reference and nodded, "Very much like him. She said I could be a queen and do better than this; I told her I was okay and that she should leave us alone."

Emma nodded and rose to her elbows to look at Regina, who met her gaze. "Well, for me you're already a queen." Regina thought she would melt right there under Emma's gaze, and just managed a smile before rising up to press their lips together. When they came back down, Regina tilted her head, still looking up to the ceiling.

"Emma? Do you remember when I said I wasn't ready?" She didn't need to say for what; Emma instantly knew what she was talking about and nodded. "And you remember Daniel?" Again Emma nodded. Regina had told her about him, not driving into all the details but enough for her to know the story.

"I think….well, know, it is related."

Emma didn't wait for her to continue when she rose to her elbows again to look at her, "Did he hurt you?"

"Oh no, no," Regina quickly said shaking her head. Emma relaxed and nodded, coming back down. "But something happened once." Regina felt Emma's hand sliding into hers and caressing slowly, prompting her to continue and smiled at it. "As you know, he was my boyfriend for some time and well, it's expected, you know? So we were about to go into it and I panicked. I suddenly froze and I didn't know what to do. I told him to stop and he did, he didn't do anything wrong. It was just…me."

She took a breath and let it out slowly. She had never told that to anyone and she felt nervous about it. "After that I think I took the idea I am going to…"

"Mess it up?" Emma finished for her when she couldn't find the words. She nodded.

"Yes, and I don't want to."

Emma turned to look at her, "It's normal not to know how to do it the first time, Regina. You're not going to mess it up." Regina's lips curled in a little smile but it didn't convince Emma, who cupped her chin and gently tugged so their eyes met. "Hey, I'm not going to lie, you're hot and I want to do it with you. And if you want to, when you're ready, we'll do it together and you won't mess it up."

"What if my body doesn't respond?" Regina whispered, the concern written all over her eyes and her eyebrows furrowed. Emma eased it with her thumb and smiled down at her.

"You're not a robot, Regina. It doesn't reduce to responding; it's about feeling."

Regina's hand closed over Emma's and guided it down until it rested over her heart. "Have you done it before?" Emma nodded and Regina swallowed, licking her lips as she moved the other girl's hand down until her navel, her eyes never leaving blue-green ones. "Will you guide me?"

Emma interlaced their fingers, "Of course, but I want you to be sure."

Regina squeezed her hand and brushed their lips together, not quite kissing her, and looked at her through her eyelashes, "I am sure. I want to." She closed her eyes and finally pressed their lips together.

Their clasped hands remained on Regina's belly as they deepened the kiss. Eventually Emma kissed her cheeks, drawing an invisible path down her jaw and her throat and Regina sighs when she feels teeth gently nipping at her skin. Regina let go of her hand and hesitantly her fingers thread themselves through dark locks as Emma brushed her lips against the brunette again.

Slender fingers moved up to the buttons of her uniform shirt she still was wearing and looked down for permission. Regina nodded and dipped her head to kiss Emma again, never growing tired of the feeling. Before she realised, Emma popped the last button open and tugged at her shirt to untuck it from the skirt. In one swift motion Emma straddled her thighs and brought her up into a sitting position, slowly peeling apart the silken shirt.

Regina marvelled at the feel of Emma's bare upper thighs against hers and allowed the garment to drop from her shoulders to the floor in a whisper. Her wands wandered up Emma's knees, reaching the back of Emma's skirt, unzipping it surprisingly easily with shaky fingers. Emma got the message and stood up on the bed, the skirt sliding off her legs to pool at her feet. Her shirt was long, but it still didn't cover the superman panties Regina had already glimpsed and quickly decided they were her favourites.

Emma lowered down to take the place she had before and Regina smiled, "Superman panties?"

"Supergirl," Emma corrected, nudging their noses together.

"Nerd," she snorted.

Emma bent down to kiss her jaw, following a path down to her throat and muttered against olive skin, "Says the one who knows every line to A New Hope." She bit down, not too hard, only testing the waters and Regina's come back died in her throat, transforming into a groan.

Her hands ran up Emma's back to end curling her fingers into golden locks, silently asking Emma for more as she pressed her mouth against her pulse point. After a while, Regina feels hands pushing her down and she lands on the bed under Emma's gaze. Her bright eyes run over her torso, following the motion on her fingers drawing a path down the valley of her breasts. They connect with the bra and she looks up, they gaze meeting halfway. Without a second thought Regina reaches back and unclasps her bra in one swift motion, product of years of experience, and Emma tugs at it until it falls to the side of the bed.

After a generous glance, Emma bents down, kissing new and unexplored skin as her hands run down the sides of Regina, making her let out a heavy breath at the feeling. Slender hands reach the upper back thigh and halt at the same time her mouth finds an already hardened nub. She blows hot air against it and Regina hisses above her as Emma's hands move up to cup her ass through the silk of her underwear.

"You are beautiful," she whispers against her skin as her lips wrap around her nipple. Regina moans this time and her hips jerk, granting Emma space to fully take a grab of her ass, lifting her legs until they wrap around her waist.

Emma runs her fingers lightly up and down the smooth expanse of her back thighs and Regina lets out a shuddering breath, tickling Emma's lips as they go up again to capture plump ones. She starts to rock her body against Regina gently and she can feel Regina's ragged breaths whisper against her cheek.

Regina clings to her as she follows the rhythm of Emma's thrusts and groans in protest when they stop. In one swift motion, Emma straddles one of her legs, sliding up the skirt and her hand runs down her navel to toy with the front of her panties. She keeps going down until her hand cups the other girl through delicate silk. They remain like this for a couple of beats, breathing into each other's faces. Emma doesn't move her fingers, just keeps them pressed lightly to her centre, letting Regina get used to it. It isn't until the brunette starts to buck her hip when she moves them.

Regina lets out a shuddering breath, tickling Emma's lips. "Fuck," she breathes into Emma's smirking lips.

"So you do swear."

Regina launches forward to capture her lips in a searing kiss, moving her hips to match Emma's administrations. "I want to touch you, Emma," she murmures as her hands tug at her cotton panties.

Emma stops her fingers and takes a moment to get rid of her own panties. Then she looks down and tugs at Regina's, glancing up for a moment to make sure Regina was okay with it. With a confirmation nod, she slides them down her legs and throws them somewhere behind them. Taking her position, she repeats the motion, starting on her collarbone and ranking her fingers down her body. She grabs Regina's hand with her free one and guides them down the shirt she still has on.

At the same time she bents down to kiss Regina, both hands reach their destiny, soaking with the other's juices. "Mimic me," Emma whispers as she let go of Regina's hand. Emma's head falls down to her throat, kissing her and lapping at her, eliciting breathy moans to drip from deliciously bruised lips. Regina's dark locks brush against pale cheeks and Emma closes her eyes, matching the other girl's groans.

Regina pushes her up gently and when Emma looks down questioningly, she smiles to show it's okay. She takes a risk and speeds up her administrations, plugging a finger inside Emma, who closes her eyes and moans loudly, throwing her head backwards. Regina's eyes flicker to study Emma's features, marvelled by the pleasure she sees in them.

It's not long until Regina watches how her face contorts with a frown and she hesitates for a second. Emma catches it and moves against her hand. "Don't—ah—stop, Regina." Even though Regina can feel Emma tightening around her fingers, she doesn't stop and soon she feels on the edge too.

Emma is a little faster than her and screams with a raspy voice as she collapses on top of Regina. She plants kisses on her face in gratitude while her fingers work on her own, giving Regina what she just received. When Emma feels Regina almost there, she pushes a little harder and rises to look down at her.

Their eyes lock for a second before dark eyes clamp shut and Regina's lithe form shudders sporadically on the bed, her mouth opening in a silent scream. Emma helps her come down of the wave kissing the corner of her lips softly until Regina finally stills. She withdraws her hand and lays on the bed, watching Regina catch her breath. She's still wearing her shirt and socks, while Regina is wearing her skirt and socks.

Emma swallowed, "It's not easy for me to express myself and it's hard for me to say that I love someone to that someone but right now, I…uh…well, that."

Regina opened her eyes and turned to look at her. Emma's hair was dishevelled, more than usual, she smiled tenderly. "I know."

"Did you just make a reference to Star Wars after sex?"

Already rose cheeks turned a lighter shade of red at the mention of what they had done, "I thought you hadn't seen the movies."

"I didn't live in a cave. I know things."

Regina laughed and rolled to kiss Emma unexpectedly. "I…uh…well, that too." Emma rolled her eyes and returned the kiss, her smile melting with Regina's. "So you would pay 100.000$ to kiss me?"

Emma whipped her head, surprise visible in her features, "You heard?" Regina concealed a smile and shrugged.

"Maybe." She yawned and Emma squinted her eyes, but reached for the lights, turning them off and snuggling next to Regina.

"I'll come back at you with that tomorrow when you're not sleepy."

Regina chuckled softly, "We'll see." She put her arm across Emma's body and scooted closer. Maybe she was a cuddler after all.

Regina felt the change in the mattress in her sleep, stirring her awake. Emma slid off the bed, still wearing only her shirt and socks, and stretched in front of it. Her shirt slid up and revealed her upper thigh, making Regina smile, thanking she was awake to see it.

"Hey, I didn't mean to wake you up," she said hoarsely. "I'm just going to the bathroom. I'll be right back."

Regina nodded and rolled in bed, still not quite awake. The previous night had felt like a dream but, as she felt her level of nakedness to match Emma's, she realised it had been very real. And very extraordinary; she never thought she would be able to do it. She smiled into the bed, hiding it from no one, and feeling what people would say 'smitten'. It turned out, she thought, it was a very good feeling.